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Before birth

How can researchers state that we start learning in the womb of our mother?

The image of your brain

Take a look at your brain as it processes language.

Homo Loquens

How can we know if our ancestors spoke? Examine the clues they left behind.

The universe in the brain

Dive into this fascinating organ using an audiovisual in virtual reality.

Where does language live?

Is it possible to locate the brain areas that make us linguistic beings?

The tree of languages

Discover the unity behind the linguistic diversity of the planet.

There are 6,000+ human languages. But language is also a single thing: all humans have it, and it's a shared property that unites us rooted in a species-specific brain. But what is this brain like?

Talking Brains aims to exhibit our brain from the point of view of its linguistic functions: a scientific approach to language that stresses its psychological and biological constitution and its indissoluble link with neuroscience, genetics, anatomy, or human evolution.

Our focus is on creating experiences, incite the imagination, and send out a message of what language means for us, and how it connects to our biology.